week 9

The USB converter has been use in this project because of the GSM modem itself only be able to connect with serial. The USB converter to serial extremely need to connect the server to GSM modem. After hardware been connected, hyper terminal application take over to drive the connection. To make sure the connection really establish. Hardware and software communication port of number must be the same. Communication port known as COM port can verify through the device manager. From there, the number of COM port will be know. The later on, set up the connection using the hyperterminal same with. In hyperterminal, to make sure all the parameter in properties of connection according to need. The most important parameter are baundrate value that is 115200 bits per second should be select and flow control must be select to hardware. This parameter is required in order to establish the connection. ASCII format also need to set in ASCII set up in order for the format to work. Make sure all the parameter selected as required. After all the connection and parameter has been setup, the command can be apply in hyper terminal window.


*GSM box

week 8

UNDERSTANDING CONTROL - BUTTON AND TEXT BOX

The first step in creating a new 

VB2010 project is to design the 

interface of the application. You 

design an interface by adding 

controls to the form and then set 

their properties. You can add 

controls from the Toolbox. To see 

the Toolbox window, you can use 

the short-cut keys Ctrl+Alt+X or click 

on the Toolbox icon on the toolbar 

on top of the designer environment. 

The Toolbox consists of many 

useful controls such as Button, 

TextBox, Label, ComboBox, 

CheckBox and more. 

week 7

 For this entry,i will write about the program. i'm using Visual basic 2010

The IDE consists of a few panes, namely :   

   

• The Recent Projects Pane- it shows the list of projects that you have created 

recently.    

• The Get Started Pane- It provides some helpful tips so that you can quickly 

develop your new application. 

• The Latest News pane- It provides latest online news about Visual Basic 2010 

Express. It will announce new releases and updates.

• Form : 

          The Form is the first place to build your application. It is the place to  design the user interface.

• Solution Explorer : 

          The solution explorer displays a list of projects, files and other components that you can easily browse            and access.

• Properties Window : 

         This is the place to set the properties of the objects in your application. The objects include the default form and the controls you place in the form. We will learn more about setting properties later.

week 6

In this project,i use USB converter rs232 to connect with the RFID readder and the GSM modem. By using this converter,i don't need to use PIC since we not required to collect the input from any sensor. The converter need to be installed first in my computer. 

 The connection between the RFID reader and the usb converter.

The connection between GSM moden and the usb converter.

I met my supervisor to discuss about the changes and she approved it. the changes is due to the improvement of the project and make it simple. 

week 5

This is the flow chart of the program that had been written.

On this week,I been studying on how to use the Visual Basic 2010. This is the latest version of Visual Basic software and it is more easier than the old one. For the next entry,i will show step by step on how to write the program. 

week 4

On this week,i decide to purchase some material for my project. I went to LoxXtronic enterprise to buy the hardware that will be use in this project. Below are the items that been bought.

• RFID passive card

• GSM modem

The main features of the modem are:

·         2 Watts E-GSM 900 radio section.

·         1 Watt GSM 1800 radio section.

·         32 Mbits of Flash memory and 4 Mbits of SRAM.

·         Real Time Clock with calendar.

·         Echo cancellation + noise reduction.

·         A 3V / 5V SIM interface.

• DC adapter

• RFID reader
• USB to RS232

week 1 and 2

Earlier, i meet with the supervisor to confirm about the changes that being made. with the approval,i can proceed with the next step that is writing the Visual language for my project.

To understand about the IDE, research has been made on youtube to make it easier for me to work on the application.

Example of tutorial video about PIC writing and VB.